Stone Tool Use and Material Culture in Papua New Guinea: Items of Material Culture

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ID 101
Category Finery and self decoration
Item Feather adornments
Type Cassowary pompon
Made with modern equivalent? y
Rattan y
Bamboo y
String y
Bark y
Raw materials Birds (feathers), bamboo, wax, bark fibre, palm lily leaves, fern stems, string, rattan, possum tails
Made by Men
Used by Men Women occasionally
Made by men? y
Made by women? n
Made by children n
Used by Men y
Used by Women y
Used by Children n
Additional notes Women occasionally in marriage ceremony


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